Valencia College Overview

Valencia College is a public institution situated in Orlando, Florida. Orlando is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Valencia College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest one a student can attain at Valencia College.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 31% of the faculty were full-time.

Valencia College Rankings

Valencia College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

The following table lists the notable rankings from College Factual that Valencia College has received.

Notable Undergraduate Rankings for Valencia College

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Colleges for Veterans	579
Best Colleges for Non-Traditional Students	811
Best Colleges for Diversity	1,447

Where Is Valencia College?

Contact details for Valencia College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1768 Park Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32835
Phone:	407-299-2187
Website:	valenciacollege.edu

How Do I Get Into Valencia College?

You can apply to Valencia College online at: https://ssb-01.valenciacollege.edu:9050/pls/PROD/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon

Since Valencia College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Valencia College?

The overall average net price of Valencia College is $5,585. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Valencia College, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $4,573 a year. That adds up to $18,292 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Valencia College is 6.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Valencia College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 44,834 undergraduate students at Valencia College, with 16,165 being full-time and 28,669 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,165 full-time undergraduates at Valencia College, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Valencia College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	607
Black or African American	2,212
Hispanic or Latino	5,577
White	4,019
International Students	1,168
Other Races/Ethnicities	2,582

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Valencia College. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 119 countries are represented at Valencia College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Venezuela, and China.

Online Learning at Valencia College

In 2017-2018, 20,305 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Valencia College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Valencia College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Valencia College was 10.4%. This is the #1,311 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Valencia College regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Valencia College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	7%
Liberal Arts General Studies	7%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Valencia College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Valencia College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#231
Liberal Arts General Studies	#231

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Valencia College Majors

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s
Accounting	51	0	0	0
Allied Health Professions	91	46	0	0
Biology & Biotech Lab Technician	6	0	0	0
Business Administration & Management	298	8	0	0
Civil Engineering Technology	3	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	74	0	0	0
Computer Programming	51	0	0	0
Computer Software & Applications	51	0	0	0
Construction Engineering Technology	21	0	0	0
Criminal Justice & Corrections	88	0	0	0
Culinary Arts	62	0	0	0
Dental Support Services	18	0	0	0
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	21	0	0	0
Drama & Theater Arts	15	0	0	0
Electronics Engineering Technology	29	26	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	53	0	0	0
Fire Protection	58	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	12	0	0	0
Horticulture	7	0	0	0
Hospitality Management	94	0	0	0
Information Technology	52	0	0	0
Legal Support Services	49	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	7,041	0	0	0
Marketing	1	0	0	0
Music	36	0	0	0
Nursing	233	0	0	0
Real Estate	1	0	0	0
Total	17,032	160	0	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.